Events for June 11, 2019 › Exhibition

Diyan Achjadi, PA System & Embassy of Imagination (Alexa Hatanaka and Patrick Thompson, and youth collaborators: David Pudlat, Moe Kelly, Christine Adamie, Nathan Adla, Lachaolasie Akesuk), Ayoka Junaid, Becoming Sensor (Ayelen Liberona and Natasha Myers, with sound composer Allison Cameron), Sandra Semchuk, Jay White and Jennifer Schine. From speculative fictions to art as storytelling; from

Organized by MSVU Art Gallery in partnership with Cape Breton University Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Talent Trust was founded in 1944 and has been awarding scholarships to visual artists since 1949. To celebrate the NSTT 75th Anniversary, First You Dream developed out of a call for entries to all scholarship

Taking place on the 70th anniversary of Confederation with Canada, this exhibition gathers close to 100 artworks, images and objects from across The Rooms art gallery, archives and museum collections to ask questions about how histories are told and re-told. The exhibition examines the period after Confederation in 1949, placing historical works in conversation with

Sovereign Actsiktuk Ta'n kisteliakp kjit saqowe'k I'nu'k ta'n teli amali militapni'k kjit skuwijiinu'k, qame'kewaq aq ta'n ki's wikultipni'k tet, na kjit L'nu,k aq amalatakatijik aq amalwi'kaqitijik. Lnu'k kejitutp ta'n tel siwe'tu wkit ta'n tel nemitutij nekmuk ta'n itloltipni'k ta'n Tiju amalatakitijik (on stage). Kinuatuatijik aklasiewk. Sovereign Actsiktuk amalwikatitew aq amalamkuwatakitijik Amuj pa we Ji asiskmitij

Artists: Sandra Brewster, Chantal Gibson, Sylvia D. Hamilton, Bushra Junaid, Charmaine Lurch, Esmaa Mohamoud, Michèle Pearson Clarke, and Gordon Shadrach. This exhibition challenges preconceived notions of Blackness in Canada through the work of eight contemporary artists. The artworks use current and historical objects, images, and ideas to blur the longstanding perception that Black bodies belong on

June is busting out all over the Art Gallery with a lively and colourful exhibition of work by artist Jaime Angelopolous. Oblique Choreography pairs sculptural and drawings in bold, playful and organic forms. “Known for her spirited explorations of form and colour,” guest curator Ivan Jurakic writes, “Jaime Angelopoulos’ sculptures and drawings share a complementary

wâhkôhtowin is the Cree word for “kinship” or “the way in which we relate to each other.” For artist Carrie Allison, this concept serves as an artistic methodology and guiding principle. Heart River (2018), a beaded map of the Heart River, which runs through the artist’s Cree and Métis family territory, underscores essential relationships between traditional beading,